At the close of the 90s, aged 20, I left New Plymouth, the large rural town in Taranaki province, where I grew up. I moved to Wellington, New Zealand's capital city, where I'd been born and where my 19th century pakeha settler ancestors had lived. My second album, The Marion Flow reflected this journey. It … Continue reading 1999
Tag: 1990s music
Spotify playlist – fiffdimension & friends
Here's my first Spotify playlist... a mix of my own tracks and by other artists who I've had the privilege to meet and be inspired by, in several cases played gigs alongside and/or collaborated with. Thank you all for the journey! And some great music here. This puts fiffdimension in context (ie mostly from New … Continue reading Spotify playlist – fiffdimension & friends
Spotify playlist – fiffdimension / NZ underground
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2ij92DqKArwoNMzqRfcb1K?si=awULb69-SG26121NQ6ffHA A playlist of music by myself and fellow travellers I've met along the way. It includes the Gleefully Unknown: 1997-2005, Fame & Oblivion: 2005-2012, Other Islands: 2012-2018, and Live 2019 albums, and tracks by Chris Knox, Peter Jefferies, Jeff Henderson, Orchestra of Spheres, Bond Street Bridge, Alastair Galbraith, Sticky Filth, Leila Adu, Jack Body, … Continue reading Spotify playlist – fiffdimension / NZ underground
The Marion Flow (part 1, Taranaki 1999)
"It's lo-fi, organic and about as eclectic as one could manage. Kind of reminds me of Nick Cave if he had grown up in Timaru. No pretentious American accents or catch phrase choruses, just a bunch of people making music. A little beauty!" - NZ Musician, August/September 2002 Produced by Paul Winstanley, & featuring Steve … Continue reading The Marion Flow (part 1, Taranaki 1999)
Cafes in Conversation
4th May 2019 at Wairarapa TV May Music Marathon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdVXlykuJig I wrote this in 1999, after moving to Wellington. I was at an open mic night, at an upstairs bar in Cuba Mall that no longer exists, waiting for my turn to play. I had to wait a while - hence a lot of lyrics. … Continue reading Cafes in Conversation
Live 1999
by Dave Edwards - electric and acoustic guitars, harmonica, vocal Live at Bar Bodega, Wellington, New Zealand, June 1999. I was the opening act for Chris Knox, so this is obviously dedicated to him. Chris influenced generations of artists in NZ and abroad; go check him out if you haven't already. His place in the … Continue reading Live 1999
The Marion Flow, March 2019
Since last year I've been getting back into playing solo acoustic. Here's a 6 March 2019 version of 'the Marion Flow': https://youtu.be/u6NPQtBM0vg Originally recorded in New Plymouth in 1999, it became the title track of my second album. The 1999 recording had quite a different vibe - spoken word delivery, electric guitars panned left & … Continue reading The Marion Flow, March 2019
Scratched Surface 20th anniversary
“Worth searching out coz this lo-fi singer/songwriter oddball has a unique take on the genre. He’s pissed off, a tad fucked up (as usual), but not full of lugubrious self-pity (as unusual) and is happy to get raucous & obnoxious in just the right kinda way.” – Chris Knox In December 1998 I self-released my … Continue reading Scratched Surface 20th anniversary
Scratched Surface
“Worth searching out coz this lo-fi singer/songwriter oddball has a unique take on the genre. He’s pissed off, a tad fucked up (as usual), but not full of lugubrious self-pity (as unusual) and is happy to get raucous & obnoxious in just the right kinda way.” – Chris Knox The debut album from fiffdimension - … Continue reading Scratched Surface
in the non-idiomatic idiom in Norway (part 1, 1999)
A few years ago I wrote a chapter of Jazz Aotearoa, a book about New Zealand jazz music history, discussing the free improvisation and avant-garde jazz scene in Wellington at the turn of the millennium. in the non-idiomatic idiom in Norway is a collection of improvised instrumental music with some of the musicians in that … Continue reading in the non-idiomatic idiom in Norway (part 1, 1999)
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